One week into the shutdown, Republicans are trying to stay on message — but President Donald Trump is making that difficult.
Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune want to show Democrats there’s no daylight inside the GOP: Republicans will negotiate a deal to extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies only once the government is back open.
But Trump is causing major headaches by going off-script. On Monday, Trump pointed to health care negotiations with Democrats that didn’t appear to exist, but would have contradicted Johnson and Thune’s red line about no ACA talks until the shutdown ends.
On Tuesday, the White House…
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